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I hope you enjoyed viewing my portfolio as much as I enjoyed putting it together, it would be nice if I captured your imagination along the way.

Thankyou for looking

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The decisions made on the paper where vital.  Colouring was everything in this kind of printing for example cartridge paper was cheap and it makes the print look over exposure so that didn't really please me, Summerset satin was one paper I did like it held a good strong colour once the chemicals were washed off.
The last image was of a dragon set loose to fly around Edinburgh ( the dragon was in fact a representation of myself and Edinburgh was one of my favourite places to be at the time I printed this off, it caught a lot of peoples attention at the exhibition that was held at the end of the college year.

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Even the images of the negative of the photo on the acetate would make my heart pump faster, I really did like these images that where in front of me.
Title - The Dream

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This was my ultimate favourite way to print, the colour of the blue and creams caught my imagination straight away. I'm unsure if I prefer this because it involves photography but I do love the results of the images once they are dried.

below was a project about myself and from the bits and pieces I had collected about myself, I then started to have an idea of images that I would like to see. I practised various types of images and I tried various types of papers to see what I preferred.
It was a matter of editing photos together, then printing them onto acetate on the photocopier which eventually ended up in the Natgraph light machine once the chemical were applied.

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The discovery of Printing was something I really enjoyed, I did try various printing techniques from screen printing, monoprint like below to cyanotype (I did go to the printers in Edinburgh to watch the stone and wood printing and some of the images were amazing to see being put into practice. They had a gallery there so for the following monoprint I took a little inspiration from Leila Lampe & Aleph Ozuas they are designers and they love cats and fabrics and maps etc, because of the art form it does tend to look child like but the process was really enjoyable as you can see below the printing is more about rolling ink and using homemade stencils or even using fabrics to add texture to your work.

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Although the above images are put together in photoshop the majority of the work is done in the forest, the birds and the book are all photographed on site with model

Title - Merman!

This image below is an advanced edit which is quite difficult and time consuming to achieve but well worth playing around with to see what you can create.

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Title - Magical Forest
Even Adults like to just be seen relaxing and floating around out there at times.

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Title - a gentle touch
Editing is an amazing way of helping me create and play with images to give them something a little different.

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A vital part of photography is the editing, from the very little editing to the creative advanced editing. In this case a little editing helps create the drama in a photo that I really like and enjoy doing.

The Original

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It has to be said i do like a little drama in my photos when i have the freedom to do this, but in this case it worked well with what toast use to sell their clothes. For this image I did use my light as well as the sun because I tried to create a shadow going across the models face to hopefully create a little drama to go with the surroundings and blend with a moody Scottish sky.

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I decided in this case that i would sell the coat in the style of "toast" using just one studio light

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For this next shoot .. it was for a clothing company called Toast, so I researched their clothing magazine and online to see what it is that they would be looking forward (for my workbook)

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I have to say I enjoyed putting this video together, it was fun a lot harder than I'm used to, this was all taken on the camera this time, not as easy as the phone and the editing suite I used this time was Premiere Pro a much more complex package than the movie maker I normally use but I enjoyed working it out and I can see me doing more editing with the pro and learning more in-depth parts of it.

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This was done in the studio with one light bounced into the space with a black background, because it was a piece about a Grandfather I used green and browns because of the old leather sofa's that were around years ago and I used the gold lettering to add more of an expensive look.

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With the knowledge of the above advert and going for an image that was close to one I had already seen, I decided I wanted something a little different and since this new advert was to be accompanied with a 30 secs video, I wanted something I could use and so I approached the watchmaker shop in Alloa and ask him what he thought, although he shyly said he would. This advert took more research as it wasn't just the watch, I had to work out how I was going to represent the hands and how they looked.

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This is my final advert, this was done with a Speedlight outside because the watch I borrowed was brown and my model was red haired, autumn worked well in my advert, while the model was photographed outside the watch itself was done in the studio I did research an image similar to this to get exactly what I wanted

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Advertising Images are one of my favourites just now … out of all the images that I researched i had to figure out the lighting, how you would sell your product and who too, what kind of background and age of the people would buy my product a watch in this case .

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Below is an image out of my work book, this is a memorable photo from Gursky's race track showing the enhanced edit of the track to make more of an impressive image.

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Before I go into Advertising I thought I would mention about the Research that I have gone into with various famous photographers, well known for their own way of thinking and the way they present a photo, throughout my research I have learned if the photo was staged or raw, whether they were an insider so the photo was more accessible or if they were an outsider looking in ..

David Levinthal  - plays with toys and represents live events through his play ( I was thinking more of his JF Kennedy in a car photo rather than Barbie with a Chainsaw photos - but again he is changing Barbie from a fashion queen to a real female and showing  her in a different light)
Sebastiao Salgado - (what a brilliant name)  he travels the world and he kind of does the opposite of David Lethinthal, through his eyes he shows us famine and poverty but when he does this he makes his images look beautiful so it takes the real meaning away from the truth perhaps ?
Nan Goldin - she represents raw images at there very best and she is also classed as an insider to a world the normal joe bloggs does not get to see, so her photos are raw and harsh and they hold a massive interest to people who don't have access to her type of world.

When I first started and first looked at other peoples images I was quite judgemental  … (however) As I've moved further on I actually feel I have embraced all types of photography and the way it is put forward and now I can take bits and pieces out of each that I really appreciate.
(hopefully this will help me find a style unique to myself).

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I just wanted fun colourful images, these were done in my summer house with a Speedlight … Now the pineapple is looking a little dried out only because its been in the sun too long.

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Its like music to my ears knowing the sun is coming and we are going to get a heat again... hence the music sheets background. I wanted a soft looking image so I went with material to keep the eggs warm in their wee nest.

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My winter collection, the blue is to highlight the cold, and the berries and ice made me think of the poor wee birds and their struggle to get food in the real winter weather so I've wrapped up a wee present for them. (again at home on the table this lighting the ice from underneath with blue fairy lights under a sheet of glass and placing the items on the sheet of glass and the warmer light you see is from a standard lamp i was using to just get a little warmth because I wanted the blue more.

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We were encouraged to put together the 4 seasons in a life style project off the back of our research

Welcome to Autumn

The first 2 images I felt were the traditional looking autumn and the other 2 I decided to play a little and decided to make my leaves out of paper, only because in Autumn I see me being in a warm and cosy place reading a book, so turning the book leaves from a book into actual autumn looking leafs i thought was a good idea.  All the images were made at home on the table with a Speedlight coming in 10 to the hour (If the table was a clock)

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After researching the above these are the photos I produced to make chilli chocolate crumble the different tones in the grey are created by flagging
which is just a reflector or piece of card which helps direct the light or move the light in different ways to create what your looking for ..

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Lets have a little look at my still life which is perfect for advertising .. When researching I use various research methods, magazines, books, telly but I'm a massive fan of the internet site Pinterest which is a common one I look at . However for advertising food i found menus and food magazines were the best way to collect ideas and see images.

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These are examples of different families being photographed with the same backdrop like Harry Jacobs did in his wee shop .

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I do use and practice the photographers and the practises they use outside in the real world here are a few examples ..

This is a Venture set up with the lighting where it is being bounced into the space, which is quite beneficial when freezing the dancer in the air using a high shutter speed ..

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As you can see it needs a little work to make it into the photo above (this also becomes a little more easier as your editing skills improve)

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Venture i see as a good clean family shoot or a fun shoot (this type of photo comes with a particular recipe on how to put it together, the recipe includes changing the colour a certain way and adding a little grain to the photo.

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For this recreation it is about the body language and how this unexpected couple react in front of the camera together .. (at first they stand
like you would to have your photo taken, but note how close they are together … 2. She then decides to play a little in front of the camera still remaining tight to her partner... 3. is my favourite, after she plays a little she becomes shy and hides behind her partner (suggesting he is her strength and protector in life) .. 4. He see's this and gives her a reassuring kiss, reassuring her its fine to play a little)

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Title - Peace in Little Planet Venice

a little colourful one from my advanced editing collection.

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One of my favourite photographers to Research was Harry Jacobs I enjoyed researching his life story but more so the life story he was creating
for others of his time and reading the body language really holds my interest .. He was a migrant that came over in the boat in the 1950s and the photos he took was of a simple backdrop which migrants of that time would stand in front of, all impressionable and looking good, so they could send the photos back to their family's in Africa etc to show they were doing well for themselves.. an inspiring story in my eyes.  (But a very important way of putting good use to a backdrop in a small room to make a little money for himself.

One of my other favourites is Venture, which was a company built on the back of a failed business, so the woman decided to start a franchise.
Some of her photos can be a little cheesy for myself (however they are very sellable) and the thing I like about venture is the clean background
which is down to the lighting set up being bounced onto the area.

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Since its just passed Christmas i thought i would add one of my favourite wee videos that i made, this was made with my mobile phone as we were shown here at college and i researched and researched how to edit the movie (i decided on movie maker) inserting the music was certainly a challenge however i think in this case it was well worth the months of research but i will let you decide ..

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Contradiction of Christmas & Alone/Together

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Contradiction of Christmas & Alone/Together

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These Particular photos are photos I've taken without any research I think the only research I did on the jesus photo was to look up Robert Downie Jr. in a rather nice looking side light pose with his shirt off (It has to be said I quite liked it) but basically these are just what comes to my imagination (however) I will say in the case of the Alone/Together we had been discussing Andrea Gursky's exaggerations in the way he edits his photos in the editing room throughout the afternoon in my lecture, so when I walked down stairs after college to go home I took one look at the table set up in the canteen and decided that I could in fact exaggerate the canteen to emphasize the space to make it look large and empty for the Alone part and then I placed a student who was Together with his mobile phone into the photo for my together part,  however I had sat the student at the front of the photo so your eyes stopped there, so I then decided to edit him to the back of my photo so your eyes are drawn into the photo to give it a sense of depth.

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In this photo my interpretation was that I was to put myself into the photo however I was to be absent from the frame of the camera. So after much thought I decided to reflect myself into the photo. I used 3 mirrors and set them up like a tepee for an example and I
sat at the door of my mirror tepee, keeping the camera low so it was not in the reflection. Some reflections look stronger than others but I guarantee
I am definitely not in the frame of this photo at all.

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In this photo I am presenting myself as I saw myself at the time .. In the photo I have shown half of myself and the other half is made up of the reflection because I believe we all hide behind ourselves at times and we reflect differently in front of different people.  The weirdness of the photo is again amusement but also how I'm seen at times by other people and the fact I only offer you a head is because I don't feel I need to show all of me at one time and my favourite part is the water its a place to relax.

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Let me introduce myself, my name is Tracy and I have to say I am very passionate about photography and can often be found just standing alone in a field with camera in hand or lying around on the ground somewhere taking that really important photo of the day.
I love learning anything new that ties in with my favourite subject.
I have officially been a Professional photographer since last year (I smile at this) however it is true, I have sold various framed photographs that hang in an exhibition, I have been various couples wedding photographer throughout the summer and autumn months and I have even had my studio set up in the local garden centre over the winter taking family portraits which went down really well and I would like to mention all of the above has not been possible without attending forth valley here in Stirling, I have had the most amazing of lectures throughout my time here so far.
I turned up on my first day with only the knowledge of taking photos on my camera on my mobile phone.
So I have had a very educational journey for the last 2 and half years and I have learned more than I could have ever imagined.
I feel I am not ready to part as yet and because throughout my journey I have discovered there is a lot of photographers out there and I feel I am in  fortunate circumstances where I can advance to an even higher level as I genuinely feel this is a must in this industry.
And in doing so I have the opportunity to learn and advance in the skills that I have already been taught to myself.

So saying all of that .. Lets meet me ..